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Article: Typewriters: the key facts
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 13, 1995
CopyrightCopyright 1995 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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1 There remains only one typewriter ribbon manufacturer in
England. Situated in Lancashire, it is an off-shoot of
Ramsbotham's Jubilee Lamp- black (1897) Ltd.
2 The only new manual typewriter available today is a plastic
Olivetti. "It's a dreadful thing - we won't sell it," say Globe
Typewriters.
3 The BBC produced a musical version of Parkinson's Law in the
1960s, with an overture scored for typewriters.
4 Jeffrey Archer does not write on a word processor - nor does
he use a typewriter. He writes all his novels with a pen and paper.
5 Veteran broadcaster Brian Redhead insisted on continuing to
use his old typewriter in the fully computerised studios of Radio
4's Today programme.
6 ...